Dayton's Devin Oliver celebrates after an overtime win against Ole Miss on Jan. 4 in Oxford.

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He signed a home-and-home with Oregon that brought a top-15 team to Oxford. He continued series with Middle Tennessee State and Dayton, and scheduled the top teams from low-major conferences (like 2013 Atlantic Sun champion Mercer) instead of middling ones.

Kennedy remains convinced that beefing up the schedule pays dividends in the end. However, after an 83-80 overtime loss to Dayton Saturday, the Rebels lost to all four of the aforementioned teams. As a result Ole Miss enters ...